VampireHunterAlex t1_j6fpwe2 wrote
Apparently “The King of Queens” was huge in Germany, and thus Kevin James is big there.
smesch83 t1_j6fvil8 wrote
German here: it was about as big as "Scrubs" (...was in the US), but less big than "How I met your Mother" - so just a little more successful or popular than in the US.
"ALF" and "Married with Children" were like that in Germany too, and I think to similar audiences.
so: it's absolutely true. but please don't think we all adore Kevin James, lol. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff
jyper t1_j6g8hik wrote
But you still love the Hoff right?
Mds_02 t1_j6gp4eg wrote
Didn’t know Married With Children was popular anywhere outside the US. That’s awesome, it was one of my favorites.
smesch83 t1_j6gr2lv wrote
Russia made a remake show with 365 (!) episodes, and IRL, the shoeseller character based on Al became a famous statue. (I'm not kidding.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Together_(Russian_TV_series)
Neracca t1_j6k8bea wrote
Is Hasselhoff still a god there?
awh t1_j6g22pq wrote
Kevin James is pretty big everywhere; a lot of his comedy is based around that
berlinbaer t1_j6hbk0v wrote
we only had like 5 tv stations with 3 being private tv stations that would import tv shows from the US rather than showing self produced german stuff. so a lot of these shows that were 'big' in germany were only big because it was the only alternative to watching some german soap or documentary or something.
so it's not that there were 20 shows but we all wanted to watch "King of Queens", it was just the only thing on if you switched on the tv at 19:15
technicalCoFounder t1_j6igljm wrote
Kevin James is big everywhere
Wight3012 t1_j6g3knm wrote
LOL reminds me of the Lemon Popsicle movies that somehow got really big in Germany
ronearc t1_j6gvxms wrote
I bet Hasselhoff put in a good word for him. Sometimes it's just who you know.
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